LINARES

(1) (c. 35° 18’ S., 71° 48! province, Chile, S. America; area, ‘LINCOLN ~ 3941 sq. miles; vines, livestock. Pop. 1920, 119,284. (2) (88° 6’ N., 3° 42’ W.), town, S. Spain; silver-lead mining. Pop. W.), county town, Lincoln shire, EngJand, on With am; important railway center; has canal communication with Nottingham, the Humber, Boston, and the Wash; manufactures agricultural implements, flour; has trade in corn and wool; great horse fair annually in April. L. is an episcopal see; has magnificent cruciform cathedral, dating from Norman times, and_ episcopal palace; castle was built by William the Conqueror; formerly seat of various monastic establishments; L. was an important station of Romans, of whose occupation various traces remain, including parts of town wall, gateway (Newport Arch), and old road; scene of battle between Stephen and Matilda, 1141, and of another battle in 1218; besieged by Round heads, 1644. Pop.